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H. H. SANNER. AUTOMATIC FIRE KINDLER.

Patented July 3,1894.

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HENRY H. SANNER, or QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN J.FISHER, on SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC FIRE-KIN DLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,353, dated July 3,1894. Application filedhugust 4, 1893. Serial No 482,380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. SANNER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful'lmprovements in AutomaticLighting Devices, of which the following is a speci fication. a

The invention above referred to relates to Referring more particularlyto the draw--- ings A represents a frameor plate of metal which isdesigned to rest upon or be secured to the hearth of a stove in anysuitable or desired manner. This plate is adapted to have an ordinaryalarm clock mounted upon it, as shown at B, which is preferably securelyconnected to it so as to be firmly held thereon.- A projection orextension 0 is located on one side of the plate and to this extensionisconnected a hollow arm or casing D which has an extension E projectingbeneath the grate of the stove (not shown). The hollow arm or casing maybe formed integral with the extension from the plate A, or it may beconnected thereto by a rivet o as shown in the present instance.

Within the hollow arm or casing is located a reciprocating plunger F ofless size than the interior diameter of the casing, thus forming anannular space within which is located a helical spring which bears atone end against the contracted end d, by which the plunger.

is guided, and at the other against a shoulder f on the plunger, andtends to keep the plunger forced normally to the right. The forwardportion of the plunger is guided in the contracted portion d.

Fig.2, is a plan view. Fig. 3, is a sec-' The extensionE which extendsbeneath the grate is set slightly to one side of the casing D so as notto interfere with the plungerand it carries upon its extreme end a panor receptacle G which issecured by one edge and has an open bottom asshown at g. The forward end of the plunger is fitted-toreceive a match,and when the plunger. is pressed .forward by the spring the head of thematch will be directly beneath the open bottom of the pan and inposition to ignite whatever combustible material may have been placedthereon. The plunger is held back against the pressure of the spring andreleased by the alarm clock by means of a construction which will behereinafter described, and'when so released is driven forward to ignitethe match and holdit beneath the plate.

. In order to ignite the match as it is carried forward I have provideda lug or projection 6 depending from the portion E which has a beveledor inclinedserrated face. An arm or lever carries abeveled serratedportion 6 corresponding to the portion e and so arranged that when theportions e and e are in contact a V shaped notch is provided with theopen end of the V toward the plunger. tion e is normally held in contactwith the portion 6 by means of a spring e which is secured to theextension-E and bears against the rear end of lever E;

For retaining the plunger against the pressure of the spring a lever His provided pivoted at h on the extension h and this lever is forcednormally upward away from the plunger by a spring 723, but when forceddown into contact with the retracted plunger it engages go with a notchor recess i'in the plunger and thus holds it in its retracted position.When so depressed the free end of the lever extends directly under theWing of the clock key K when said key is in a horizontal position asshown in full lines Fig. 3, but when the key is in a vertical positionas shown in dotted lines the lever is free to be forced upward by itsspring and release the-plunger.

I prefer to construct the plunger with acut Ioo away portion as shown atL, thus forming a plane flat face at right angles to the notch,

The -por- 8o and in setting the device the clock is wound up leaving thekey in a horizontal position and the lever is depressed and its end heldby the wing of the key with the portion of the lever adjacent theplunger in contact with the said flat face. The plunger is then drawnback until the shoulder Z is in contact therewith when the plunger isgiven a quarter turn to cause the lever to engage the notch when theplunger will be held in its retracted position. I

It will of course be understood that at the hour for which the alarm isset the key will be turned, releasing the lever and allowing the plungerto be driven forward forcing the head of the match between the inclinedfaces, and igniting the same, when it will be held beneath the ignitingpan. It will be observed that the spring will cause the said faces toaccommodate themselves to any size match head and will cause suflieientfriction to ignite the match at all times.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is-- 1. An automaticlighter for stoves comprising a frame, jaws under spring tensionconnected thereto, a plunger under spring tension for holdinga match inrear of said jaws, and mechanism for automatically releasing the plungerto force the match through said jaws beneath the fuel to be lighted,substantially as described.

2. In combination, the cylinder having a match carrying plunger thereinunder spring tension, an extension carried by said cylinder having abeveled serrated projection, a

lever under spring tension pivoted to said extension having a secondserrated projection bearing against the first and forming a V shapedopening, means for holding the plunger retracted and means forautomatically releasing it to force the match through said V shapedopening, substantially as described.

3. In an automatic lighting device, a frame, a plunger under springtension adapted to carry the match, a spring lever pivoted in the frameadapted to engage the plunger when retracted and an alarm clock havingits alarm key in one position directly above the end of the spring leverto act as a stop to limit its movement and moving out of the path ofsaid lever when turned to avertical position,substantially as described.

4. In an automatic lighting device, a frame, a match carrying plungerreciprocating therein under spring tension, a contact for igniting thematch, an alarm clock mounted on the frame, a lever pivoted in the framehaving its free end extending into proximity to the clock key andengaged and released thereby, said plunger having a cut away portionadapted to permit limited longitudinal movement, and a notch whereby theplunger when retracted may be turned to cause said notch to engage thelever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. SANN ER.

Witnesses:

OLIVER C. GERRY, J12, THOMAS E. BURNS.

